May 22 (UPI) -- Canada's oil-rich Alberta province took a first step toward a separation referendum after a citizen-led petition was signed by well in excess of the 300,000 people required to trigger a vote on seceding from the federation. Announcing the decision on TV on Thursday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the referendum, scheduled for Oct. 19, would ask voters a straight-forward binary question, should Alberta remain part of Canada or should her government initiate the process for

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